Localization of the sporulation protein SpollE in Bacillus subtilis is dependent upon the cell division protein FtsZ

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 839-846

  Levin, Petra Anne ^a,c   Losick, Richard ^a   Stragier, Patrick ^b   Arigoni, Fabrizio ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030884961     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1997.mmi505.x     Document Type: Article

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